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A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS
THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor
*2.00 a Year "se a Copy ~OMAHa7nEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1921. _ Vol, VII. No, 18._Whole No. 220,
I WALTER WEBBER IS
RELEASED FROM JAIL
AND DIES SUDDENLY
V cattily Citizen Y-hone Automobile
( .'truck and Seriously Injured Two
Women (lives Large Cash Bond
Anil Dies of Heart ’lure
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OWNED OKLAHOMA Oltv, '•OS
_ \
|| Was Prominent in the Organizsm^,
and Promotion of the Co-Operative
Workers of America for Commer
cial \dv»neement of Race
Walter Webber whose automobile
truck and seriously injured two wo
men, /-undo'-, Otttohm 16th, and was
held in custody for reckless driving
was released Monday on a cash bond of
St,000 given hv himself. 'Hiat night
be went to the residence of Mrs. Be
atrice Harris, 2001 Seward street, a
friend of many years’ standing and
while sited in a rocking chair talk
ing with hi hostess about the recent
accident he suddenly expired. He had
been troubled for -ome time with
asthma and s weak heait, which seems
to have been agravated by business
and domestic worries and the accident
which he greatly deplored.
Mr. Webber was a member of the
Osage nation and was horn near Paw
ha. ka. Oklahoma, about fifty years
ago. As a member of the Osage na
tion he had an allotment of_valuable
oil lands from which he received a
ruyaltv from the government during
his lifetime. He came to Omaha from
Coffey villa, Ivans., a little over two
years ago. With a view and desire to
develop commercial interests among
the race he was one of the organizers
and promoters of the Co-operative
Workers of America, a corporation
farmed and capitalized to operate a
department store entirely under the
management of colored people. I he
grocery department was opened and
conducted for several months, hut has
been temporarily suspended while the
company is undergoing reorganiza
tion in which work Mr. Webber was
deeply interested. Mr. Webber’s funer
al was held from the chapel of the
Silas Johnson Wr-tern Funeral Home
this morning at 11 o’clock, the ltev.
Thomas A. Taggart, pastor of Bethel
Baptist church officiating. The de
ceased is survived by his widow, an
aunt and an adopted sister. Miss Cora
Webber of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Id M. C. A.’S IN CNITKD STATES
Colored Men’s Department Coder Dr.
Pesse Moorland Makes Annual
Report
New York, Oct. 27.—The 46 A. M.
(\ A. buildings for colored men in the
country are worth $2,880,500 accord
ing to Dr. Jesse Moorland, head of the
Colored Men’s Department in his an
nual year hook recently issued.
The report: state there are 72,1199
members including men and bovs.
There are also 120 A .’s in schools nod
colleges with 9,995 membeis.
SERVICE OF COLORED
WAITERS PRAISED
Udner the instruction of Mr. A. T.
Jordon, the head waiter at Hotel Rome
and one of Omaha’s best caterers, the
welcome dinner to Mr. 1,. t. Kpple,1.,
the new owner of The Fortenelle was
erved. The dinner was given by the
Hotel Men’s Association and business
men of the citv at the Rome Hotel
Friday night, Oct. 21. Mayor Dahl
an in his welcome address said that
the service was of the best. Hotel
owners and managers from four dif
ferent states were present. A noted
visitor was Mr. Albert Pick of Chica
go, the head of the great hotel supply
house. Hotel men of the city claim
that thp ten course dinner was the best
in every way that has been served in
Omaha.
RACE WAR ON SHIP
Tokio, Japan, Oct. 20.—Civil war be
tween the white enjdneering crew and
colored waiters and cooks of the
• t'-amship Hawkeye State ended in a
race war on the docks.
Some two hundred men fought with
hammers, wrenches, cleavers and carv
ing knives whereupon Japanese police
discreetly withdrew and summoned
reserves. Before these arrived the
ship’s officers fearful less the sailing
lie delayed shot a stream of scalding
water on the battle field. The fighters
were separated, engineers carried on
heard and the ship left port.
The Baltimoreans also protested on
waiting on Chinese in the dining room
and threatened the steward when he
attempted to enforce discipline.
; OMAHA’S SKY-LINE
L A..
! ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
OPENS AUDITORIUM
| Large Congregations Present At All
Service* With Liberal Offerings
, For Building Fund
Sund ay was a red-letter day at Zion
Baptist Church when the energetic
pastor, the Rev. W. F. Botts and his
self-sacrificing congregation realized
I iiieir long-cherished ambition of vvor
shipping in the main auditorium of
| their large and beautiful church. The
first service was held at (i:l!0 a. m.,
hen the pastor preached and the
?•>.. ling was crowded to its capacity.
, |Y, were five other services during
j the ray. The Kev. Dr. Hawkins, as
sistant pastor of Olivet Baptist Munch
j of Chicago, preaching at the mid-mor
i ning, afternoon and evening services.
Large congregations were present at
all services and the offerings for the
building fund were generous.
> l < ( ESSF l L < VI ERER
LE IVES $75,000 ESTATE
W. Hu gin - Makes Fortune \nd
It 'members Charitable Institu
tions in liis Wiil
BALTIMORE, M.I., Oct. 27.—The
1 will of the late James W. Hughes,
I well known caterer1, filed iir the Or
' phans’ Court Monday October 17, al
j lots $1,000 each to his daughters, Mrs.
I Grace L. Murphy, Mrs. Florence Car
Iter, and Mrs. Isohelle Clarke. The wi
llow, Mary Hughes, is to get all of the
j household furniture, the income from
1 tire estate and is named as one of the
j.erutors. Howard Murphy anil Jus.
i H. Carter, grandsons are bequeathed
| jewelry.
Beque.-t- are given The Maryland
Home for Friendless Colored Children
land St. Katherine’s Home. The e
tate is not to be finally distributed
J until after the death of the testator’s
I last granchild. Mrs. Hughes, Mrs.
Murphy and Mrs. Carter, named as
executors, gave a bond of §500. The
| estate is valued at $75,000.
inAI.flMORE REGISTERS
HIOl HANDS OF VOTERS
Enfranchisement «>i Women Rcspoiisi-j
,„c .hi Liugc Enrollment Which
Totals 37,475
BALTIMORE, Md.. Oct. 27.—With'
(, lu'.ji' il voters now on the books'
Baltimore city has now the largest en-J
rollmeiit of names in its history.
neloit* women were given the right j
cf suffrage, the enrollment of colored
men, which was then thot to he the
biggi-t reached the total of 16,800 j
voters. That sufiage has served to
bring out a larger number of mfen can;
be seen in the fact that the total leg
iration is much more than twice what
it was three years ago.
The total number of men and women
. ho registered on the three .registra
tion days was 1,405. Police census
show that ten thousand or more col-;
ored men and women were eligible win
lid not.
On ti c final registi ation day, the
Fouiternth Ward led with 144 new
volet , the Seventeenth third with 80
voters. Politicians uie very much
pleased with the diowing made in the
registration and pointed out the fact
that colored people of Baltimore con
stitute one-seventh of the total cit*\
population and the number of colored
voters is also one seventh of the total
number of city voters.
Tl LS \ RIOT < \UE
Fl'LLY PLANNED
Tulsa, Okla., Oct. 27.—Van B. Hur
ley, white, former Tulsa policeman, in
a written confession of twenty-one
I pages declared prominent city officials
I met before the Tulsa riot and planned
every phase of it. City policemen, lie
said," rode in aeroplanes and dropped
nitro glycerine on homes of colored
people, burning them to the ground.
EX-SERVICE MEN IN
VITED TO PARADE
[Hv The Associated Negro PresH.)
New Orleans, La., Oct. 27.—Negro
ex-servicp men have been requested
to register for taking part in a parade
Armistice Dav with Louisa Itoss head
of the Negro divi ion of the Red Cross,
•it the Pythian Temple, Red Cross
i headquarters, Saratoga ami Gravier
streets. Members of the Grand Army,
Spanish-American War Veterans, so
cieties, clubs and other civic bodies are
also invited to enter the demonstra
tion, according to George Doyle, chair
man of the publicity committee.
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CHl'RCH CELEBRATED
80TH ANNIVERSARY
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 20.—St. Paul A.
M. E. Church, formerly pastored by
Bishop W. Sampson Brooks, celebrat
ed its eightieth anniversary last Sun
day. The membership is two thous
and. Rev. C. A. Williams is the pas
tor.
WESTERN BAPTIST
ASSOCIATION HOLDS
ITS CONVEHTIOH
j Representatives From Several Slate
Take Part in Deliberations at Zion
l.aplist Church Which Gives
Hearty Welcome In Visitors
WOMEN’S MEETING IS GREAT
I Harmony, Enthusiasm. Progress Dpm
I inant Notes of Misionary And Ed
nrationnl Convention. Full Re
port of Proceedings
The Western Negro Baptist Asso
ciation which embraces Ohio, Illinois,
I Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Ok
lahoma. Minnesota, Nebraska and oth
er western state:- is holding its annual
convention this week in Zion Baptist
Church. Delegates are present from
several states. The convention will he
in session until Sunday night and a
full program will occupy the attention
of the delegates.
A pi e-eonvestion program was giv
en Monday night consisting of selec
tions by the choir, an invocation by
Rev. Joi n Costello, addresses by the
Rev. Wm. Franklin, master of cere
monies; the Rev. Kara Duncan, secre
tary of city missions; the Rev. Russel
Taylor, Pastor of St. Paul’s Presbyter
ian church, who spoke on “Progress of
I Other Denominations”; Iiev. H. R. Mc
; Millnn and H. C. Anderson; a paper
■ r Mrs. A. I!. Goodlet; a duet by Mrs.
j'. Fell and Mrs. I,. Gaskins, and - olos
i bv Miss Julia Banks and Mrs. T. A.
• Taggart.
WOMEN’S MEETING
The V omen’s Missionary and Edu
cational Convention, which is an im-j
i nortant auxiliarv to the district con
vention opened Tuesday morning at 1)
o’clock with devotionals conducted by
Mrs. s. Bates of Iowa, Mrs. Bell Wood
of St. Louis and Mrs. C. Tillman of
Wichita, Kans. The formal business
session was called to order.at 10 p. m.j
b • the president, Mrs. Ida Frazier j
Bates of Wichita, Kans. Addresses of j
welcome on behalf of the state, thoj
Mission Society and the Y. W. C. A.j
r,p irjveu bv Mrs M. H. Wilkinson, j
Ms. Ada Woodson and Mis- Frankie j
B. Watkins, respectively, to which
fit;jpg response was made by Mrs. E.
T. Dean of Illinois. This was followed
bv a Bible Hour conducted b\ Mr-.
Eva Hicks of Illinois. The devotionals
at the afternoon session ye re conduct
ed by Mrs. H. D. Kemp of Kansas City,
and Mrs. A. C. Hurst of Cedar Rapids,
la. Later in the session the president!
delivered her annual address. This!
' •as followed bv ieports of the follow-j
ing officers: Mrs. M. E. Goins, corres
ponding secretary; Mrs. S. Bates, trea j
surer; Mrs. W. A. Brown, field secre ;
tary; and Mrs. Wm. Smothers, statis
tician. A solo was rendered by Mrs.
Petty of Illinois, followed by a paper,
“How to Interest Children in Mission
Work” by Mr . E. .J. Griffin of Omn
I, . At the night session the devotion
!„ v i re conducted by Mrs. Mamie
Johnson, Kansas City; Mrs. S. B.
TToime of Illinois and Mrs. Lottie Wise
of Iowa. "Him Can a Probation Offi
cer Best Serve the Community” was
tup nub! “t treated by Mrs. M. Bledsoej
of 111. A sermon was preached by Rev
Robinson of Qeindaro, Kans. Wednes
day morning the devotionals were led
by Mrs. M. Gee of Iowa, Mrs. J. Whid
by of Nebraska and Mrs. M. Dial of
Kansas. Mrs. Hugins of Illinois gave
a thoughtful paper on "Women’s New
Need of the Gospel.” “The New Fern j
inisl Movement in Relation to Our So
rial Welfare," was well presented bv |
Miss Gertruda Lucas of Omaha, and
“The Great Women of the Bible by
Mrs. Win. Smothers. Temperance was I
the topic of Mrs. Cullars’ address.;
Mrs. S. A. Mosley rendered a much ap
preciated solo. At 11 o clock an in
spiring sermon was preached by Revv
Penick of Peoria, 111. Wednesday af
ternoon, devotionals were led by Mrs.!
Fannie Battles of Kansas; Mrs. L. V.
Halm of Kansas and Mrs. H. D. Mich
ael of Missouri. Reports of committees
and routine business occupied a good;
pot tin n of this session.
The Women’s meeting came to a fit
ting climax Wednesday night with de
votionals conducted by Mrs. Emma
Gaines of Kansas; Mrs. L. Wilson of
Nebraska and Mrs. R. Green of Iowa;
a carefully prepared address on “How
Can We Best Interest Our People in
Foreign Missions?” by Mrs. G. R.
Young of Kansas; a solo by I,eroy
Kelly and an address on Education by
the Rev. Dr. I’. H. Thompson, presi
dent oT Western College, Quindaro,
Kans.
The Men’s Meeting
The Convention proper in charge of
the men who admit they got some good
suggestions on how to run a convention
THE WAIF.
I he boy pictured here is only one of an average of ten that aTe tu'ncd
u«ay from Father Flanagan’s Home because all the rooms at the home
are tilled.
A drive will start November 14th to raise *300,000 for permanent
buildings. The homeless boys are now being housed in wooden structures
at Overlook Farm, the new site of Father Flanagan’s Home,
the drive will last one week.
FATHER FLANAGAN’S HOME FOR BOYS
A Most Worthy And Deserving Institution Which Takes Care of
Boys of Ail Races and Creeds Soon To launch a Drive for
Funds to Erect Permanent Building on Overlook Farm
Ministers of every creed and denom
ination in Omaha will be asked to de
liver special sermons on “Father Flan
agan's Home” on the Sunday preced
ing the drive for $300^00 for a perma
nent building at Overlook Farm, the
new site of the Home.
The drive will be launched on No
vemt>er 14, to last one week.
Since Father Flanagan's Home was
founded in December, 1917, he has
handled 1215 boys. Of this amount 34
were colored. Father Flanagan cares
not for creed, religioner color.
Overlook Farm, which consists of
160 acres of line tillable soil, is twen
ty minutes ride west of the paved
Dodge road. The boys at present are
Ijeing housed in temporary wooden
structures which are now taxed to
their capacity.
Ilecause of this unfortunate condi
tion, at an average of ten homeless
waifs a day are turned away.
“Many of these cases are pitiful,”
said Father Flanagan. “These boys
are homeless and without friends.
They have no place to go, and when
they are turned away, the streets and
alleys and unclean hovels, where crim
inals are. made, is their only alterna
tive.
The new Home, to be erected with
the money raised in the drive, will
house 500 boys and will furnish good
school and recreation facilities for
hem. Useful trades will be taught. It
ill be a factory where good citizen
hip will be manufactured.’’
J. E. Davidson, vice-president of the
Nebraska Power Co., A in charge of
the drive.
“Although I am of a different faith
than Father Flanagan, I am glad to
be of service to the Home, for I hap
pen to know from personal investiga
tion that the Home is non-sectarian
in policy and non-proselyting in prac
tice. Among the boys at the Home
now are representatives of the Prot
estant, Catholic and Jewish faiths.
This Home deserves the aid of every
one.”
Father Flanagan has issued an in
vitation to the preachers of all faiths
in Omaha to come to the Farm at any
time and give instructions in their re
ligions to boys of similar faith.
The Home has been endorsed by
men of every race and creed.
Don’t forget the date of the drive—
November 14 to 21.
Your pledge can be paid in install
ments over a period of two years.
Whet) you help a homeless boy you
make an investment in good citizen
sh i p.
This is your opportunity to buy the
love of a homeless waif. It is an ev
<» lasting purchase.
from the women opened this morning
w ith thp Kev. Dr. S. A. Mosley of St.
Louis, president, in the chair. The
convention is in session as we go to)
p- ss and so a complete report cannot I
now he given.
Among the delegates present are thei
following well-known ministers: the
ifnv. Mcssr-. W. A. Bowren and Moses
Williams, Kansas City, Kans.; W. W.
Horton, D. A. Holmes and C. It. Mc
Dowell of Kansas City, Mo.; J. H. Rob
inson, Quindaro, Kans.; S. H. Moselyj
St. Louis, Mo. ;Samuel Bates, Des
Moines, la.; R. A. Hayden, Champaign,
ill.; H. W. Botts, Lincoln, Neb.; G. A.
Conwuv, Platte City Mo.; C. A. Raul-j
ston, Plattsburg, Mo.; W. B. Scott, Al
ton, III.; I. A. Thomas, Evanston, III.; (
R. A. Boyles, Waterloo, la.; J. H.
Starks, Freeport, III.; C. P. Morrow,
Ottawa, Kans.; C. N. Bryant, Tulsa,
Okla. ami F. W. Periick of Peoria, 111.
Among the women in attendance!
are;
Mosdames H. W. Graves, L. O.
Mitchell and H. W. Lockey of Kansas
City, Mo.; Win. Smothers of Atchison,
Kans.; Ola I.. Neal and Belle Wood of
St. Louis. Mo.; S. A. Bates and Roxy
Green of Des Moines, la.; W. A.
Brown, field secretary of Cedar Rap
ids, la.; L. A. Wilson and Scott Kemp
of Kansas City, Kans.; Emma Gaines
and Mattie Bradshaw, Topeka, Kans.;
C. I’. Morrow of Ottawa, Ivans.; E. J.
| Griffin of Lincoln, Neb. and Winston,
Wichita.
The hospitality committee of Zion
l Baptist church with K. L. Anderson,
chairman, assisted by Mesdames C.
| Kirtley, Lenora Gray, Myrtle Gardner
j and Miss Carrie Robinson were highly
complimented on the eficieney with
which they took care of the guests.
PENCIL SALE TO
HELP CHL'RCH
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 27.—Ten
''ovsand dollars worth of lead pencils
are to be sold in the city this week
to aiil Tabernacle Baptist congrega
tion in building their new fifty thous
and dollar church.
IEKICANS ARE
SPOON STEALERS
Washington, D. C., Oct. 27.—Ac
m'din" to W. S. Scarborough, just
home from abroad, white American
tourists are very unpopular in Scotch
hotels because they have stolen so
many spoons for souvenirs.
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j: The Monitor reaches the Colored :[
£ people of Omaha and Nebraska and *:
i has a wide circulation in every state ;j
^ in the‘union. j:
i; It has taken Six Years to build up -j
ji this circulation and we are still grow- S
jj ing. \
4 Merchants who desire to reach the ^
j: best buyers in the community use jj
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BOLEY RESIDENTS
SHOW THEMSELVES
AS LAW ABIDING
\ssist Officers in Peacefully Arrest
ing Degenerate White Man Who
Had Criminally Assaulted A
Young Colored («iri
CITIZENS N GOOD, EXAMPLE
Community in Which Crime Was Com
mitted Populated Entirely By Col
ored People Whose Officers
Make Arrest
OKFMAH, Oct. 3.—J. W. Lawrence,
i sewing machine salesman of Oke
nah, is in jail here charged with first
degree rape. Lawienee was arrested
Thursday afternoon by John Owens
negro deputy sheriff at Lloley, and
turned over to Deputy Sheriff Bootc-s
of Jeffers, who brought him to Oke
nah. According to Bill Seawell, as
sistant prosecuting attorney, who
■nade an immediate investigation of
the facts. Lawrence, after an attempt
to trade sewing machines with Pearle
Atkinson, a young Negro girl commit
ted an assault on her person. The,
mother of the girl came into the house
and found them. She compelled Lawr
ence to wait until the girl’s father
came home. Lawrence offered her some
money to keep fiuiet.
When Atkinson arrived he forced
Lawrence to drive to Boley where he
related the circumstances of the as
sault and turned his prisoner over to
Deputy Sheriff Owens. The Negro
officer at once telephoned the sher
iffs office to send officers to bring
Lawrence to the county jail. The ne
gros were not content with the exam
ination of the girl by three physi
cians, but insisted that a white doctor
be secured to confirm the condition ot
the girl which was done.
A matter of general comment and
comendation on the pa it of the peo
ple of Okemah was the attitude of the
citizens of Boley in their apparent
desire to allow the law to take its
course after such a crime had been
committed against one of their citi
zens. This law-abiding attitude of
she citizens of the exclusive Negro
town is being much commented on by
the peace officers of the county.—The
Tulsa (Okla.) World, Oi£. 4.
SET A GOOD EXAMPLE
OOLEY, Oklahoma, is an exclusive
Negro city. A machine agent, a
hite man, raped a colored girl and
was caught red-handed in the act. He
was arrested by colored officers and
placed in custody, the outraged and
indignant people of that city being
willing to let the law take its course.
One can well imagine what would
have happened had conditions been re
versed. Tiie colored people populate,
own, control and govern this town.
A degenerate white commits a hein
ous crime. He is not lynched, nor is
there talk of mob violence. The peo
ple of iloiey in their self-restraint
have set a good example to other
American cotnmun. ies and have
taught a lesson that ught not he lost.
CARD OF Th VNKS
We wish to thank our many friends
for their kindness during the illness
and loss of our husband and father
and for the beautiful floral offerings
We especially thank our neighbor's
md employees of the Smith Brick Co
-Mrs. J. W. Mann and family.
Halloween Card and Ghost Party—
St. Benedict Community Home, 242f
Parker, Tuesday night Nov. 1st
Prizes for best dressed Ghost and
best Whist player.—Admission free
AMERICANS GET
17 GRIZZLIES
Natural History Museums of Ok
lahoma and Brooklyn Repre
sented in Alaska Trip.
DRIVE U E MONTHS
Bruin Gave Party Less Trouble Than
Did Storms—Saw Caribou, Wolver
ine and Pox as Well «s Bird
Life Every Day of Trip.
Ardmore, Okla.—A party of Amer
icans, beaded by C. E. Sykes of Ard
more, oil operator, and by Edward D.
Crahb of Norman, representing the
Oklahoma University Museum of Nat
ural History, killed a total of 17 griz
zlies after a drive which lasted three
months. Eleven other grizzlies es
caped. The party are now after moose
and caribou, several specimens of
which will he forwarded to the Okla
homa University museum a-id to the
Brooklyn Museum of Natural History.
The grizzlies gave the burners less
trouble than did the hardships of
the Alaskan wilds, for the men en
countered severe snow, and hall
sterms for 30 days. (iood marksman
ship alone saved the lives of the hunt
ers on numerous occasions.
Besides Sykes and Crahb, the party
Included Robert Rockwell of Brook
lyn, representing the Brooklyn mu
seum ; Charles HoITmelster of Impe
rial. Neh., noted big game hunter; Dr.
W. H. Chase of Seward. Alaska, well*
known authority on Alaska, and sports
man ; Pete Larson of Ungn, Alaska,
chief guide, with several assistants.
Long Trip to Hunting Ground.
On April 33, Sykes, accompanied by
Crahb and Hoffmeister, left Seattle
for ('ordovj-r- ri the rf. is." Northwest
ern and arrived ut their destina
tion April 30. At eight o’clock in
the morning of May 1 the Uolfe H
was hoarded and sail was set" for the
hunting grounds. The trip from Cor
dova to Unga consumed a week, in
cluding a stop of two days at Se
ward and one ut Uyuk bay, Kodiak
island. At Unga the guides and
packers were picked tip and the Jour
ney continued to Pavlov hay, the
scene of the hunting.
Camp was pitched on the shore of
tt.“ buy, opposite the* twin volcanoes
of Pavlov, one of which is active.
This was the main camp, and was
.■otillulled from May 9 to .Tune 5, the
late of departure for hi.me.
“There was not a day while we were
on the hunting grounds," Doctor
Chase writes, “during which we did
not see caribou, wolverine and fox, as
well as a great variety of bird life,
including ptnrniagiti, swan, geese,
ducks and many other shore birds.
During the days aboard the boat many
porpoises, thrashers, black fish, seal,
sea lion and other denizens of the
deep were sighted, and when we hud
come to anchor fishing was always In
dulged in with great success.”
The first encounter with grizzlies
bail plenty of thrills. After the men
had left the Uolfe and had spent
several days searching for “signs,”
four full-grown hears came upon them
with such a suddenness that men and
bears stood watching each other
a few moments in astonishment. The
grizzlies made the first move. Three
of them crouched to ihe earth and
erept toward the hunters, only 50
yards away. The fourth remained be
hind. There wasn’t even a tree to
climb. When the three hears got with
in three yards Sykes fired three
times in rapid succession and the
three lenders fell dead. Immediately
the fourth bear charged with great
roars. A bullet halted him Just ns he
reached the side of the other I tears,
and he fell dead across their bodies.
Long and Arduous Tramps.
These four were the largest found
! during the entire hunt. The hide of
“old Mose.” us the biggest grizzly
was named by the men, measured 12,
feet in length. The fur of these ani- i
niuls showed no blemishes of any kind, j
In further skirmishes with the ani-j
! inals not one of the party was in
jured. although the bears did not fall
to the rifle ns easily as did the first
four.
To track the animals long tramps
through deep snows were necessary,
and frequently the men slid down
j mountain sides. The cold, at times,
wus Intense despite the fact that It
was summer; it was close to the arc
tic circle. The animals were skinned
by the helpers after each killing and
Ihe hides dried out and loaded on the
Uolfe for shipment home.
• Biting Bandit Gets
Her Ring in West
Omaha, Neb.—“I wish I was
back In Boston and had never
seen Omaha! This Is a wild
town.” So sobbed Mrs. I. W.
Hewlett of Boston, ns she told
police how two bandits had held
her up, along with a friend, and
bitten the diamond from her
ring.
”ITe said first he would have
to bite my fing*« rff,” sobbed
Mrs. Hewlett, “ah«J he pressed
a horrid gun to my head.
“Finally he reached down
? and hit the diamond from the
t ring"
